Over 300 Pietermaritzburg churches to fast, pray for Covid-19 cure, city’s woes: Durban – Over 300 Pietermaritzburg churches are embarking on a three-day “Esther” fast and city prayer for a Covid-19 cure, and the many administration issues faced by the municipality including its economy and unemployment. About 90 church leaders will lead the programme which will be streamed live on the city’s Facebook page between Wednesday and Friday. In groups of ten, the leaders will gather at the City Hall three times a day at 6am, 12pm and 6pm. All sessions will be an hour long. Pastor John van Niekerk from City…
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Former Gauteng Gambling Board spin doctor new ANC Joburg spokesperson: Johannesburg – Five months after the position of regional spokesperson became vacant, the ANC in the greater Johannesburg region has filled the position by appointing a communications guru to manage its image. The party has…
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Four awaiting trial prisoners still on the run in Gauteng: Four awaiting-trial detainees who escaped from the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria are still on the loose. The quartet escaped in the early hours of Saturday morning, which triggered a…
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Ramaphosa takes Level 4 lockdown in his stride: The president of South Africa is loving every moment of Level 4 liberation, it seems. ……
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Health dept met with ministerial advisory board after public criticism by member: One of the members of the council Dr Glenda Gray told News 24 on Saturday that the lockdown has no basis in science and should be lifted. ……
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SANDF gearing up for the Covid-19 worst: Johannesburg – The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is setting up four field hospitals to the tune of almost R50 million as part of what the government believes will be a devastating impact of Covid-19 when the country reaches its expected peak period in August. The army, which ordered all its staff back to work on May 1, is also planning to convert 2010 Soccer World Cup stadiums into countrywide field hospitals after being warned to “expect the worst”. These plans are contained in an SANDF document, marked Summary of Operation Notlela V1 and has been seen by the Sunday Independent, which reveals that the army’s Covid-19 disaster management budget estimated the cost of the four field…
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A comprehensive guide and toolkit to accessing Covid-19 relief funds: Cape Town – The unprecedented impact of Covid-19 on our communities, informal (spaza shops) and formal (small and medium) scale businesses has led to wide-scale relief responses from the private and…
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Pro surfer Jordy Smith among latest wave of repatriated South Africans glad to be home: Durban: Surf’s up! Well, it’s not quite happening yet for local surfer Jordy Smith, who hoped that President Cyril Ramaphosa would announce an easing of the lockdown rules this week. That would have enabled Smith, who is counted among the best surfers on the planet, to let rip on the waves again. But for now, he is happy to be back home in South Africa after a two-week delay, which included being stranded on OR Tambo International Airport runway with his wife and other passengers for a few hours after disembarking from a US repatriation flight. Local authorities were still busy securing quarantine accommodation for citizens returning from the US, while Smith and the others were contending…
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Court battle as Soweto residents face eviction despite lockdown: Lockdown regulations stipulate that no evictions should take place during this period but residents of Klipspruit in Soweto are gearing for a face-off with the City of Joburg after they were served with an eviction notice this week. According to court papers and letters of correspondence to the occupants, the city has ordered the residents to vacate its property with immediate effect, after they failed to heed an earlier order that gave them until April 14 to leave. Now this week, Padi Incorporated…
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DA fedex resolves to hold online elective congress in October: The party’s leaders met on Saturday and decided to elect its leaders at a virtual congress on 31 October 2020. ……
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